Container for mucilage or the like



R. F. WILLIAMS. CONTAINER FOR MUCILAGE OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6, I917 Patented July 8, 1919.

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RI-IESA FLAVIUS WILLIAMS, OF LAKE TOXAWAY, NORTH CAROLINA.

CONTAINER FOR MUCILAGE OR THE LIKE.

Application filed December 6, 1917.

T0 (/ZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, Bursa F. humans, acitizen of the United States. and a resident of Lake Toxaway, in thecounty of Transyl vania and State of North Carolina, have invented a newand Improved Container for Mucilage or the like, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a container and dispenser for mucilage, paste,or the like, adapted to be made of a size for desk use or larger for usein applying paste to large sheets of paper. More particularly theinvention relates to a container employing a drum or roller dipping intothe mucilage or other adhesive material and turning at its top above thesaid material, whereby in the turning of the roller the mucilage will becarried thereon to the top, to be readily available.

Objects of the invention are to provide a container of the classreferred to in which the roller will be caused to automatically close anopening through which it extends in the top of the container, whereby toclose the container to exclude air to thus prevent drying out of themueilage or other material.

A further object is to provide a hollow roller in communication with theinterior of the receptacle to thus accommodate a portion of the mucilageor other material where by a maximum quantity of material will beaccommodated with the minimum size of container.

A further object of the invention is to provide means to depress theroller out of contact wit-h the top when mucilage is to be taken fromthe roller so that in the turning of the latter it will not exertfriction against the edges of the opening through which it extends.

.Morc specifically the invention has for an object to improve containersof the class referred to in various particulars with a view to promoteconvenience in use, as well as facility in supplying the mucilage orother material to the receptacle and the cleaning of the latter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar reference characters indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, it being understood that thedrawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Serial No. 205,751.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal .vertical sectionv of a container embodyingmy invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view with the cover removed;

F 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1, the coverbeing omitted;

Fig. lis a side elevation largely diagrammatic, the view being on areduced scale.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example.a receptacle 10 is provided which advantageously is oblong and near oneend a vertical partition 11 divides the partition into a maincompartment 12 for mucilage or the like and a water compartment 13.

Mounted to turn in the container is a drum or hollow roller 14, the ends15 of which are .open whereby the mucilage or the like may freely enterthe same so that the drum will have the minimum displacement representedby its submerged mass and thus the maximum quantity of mucilage or thelike will be accommodated in a receptaele of given size. The roller atthe periphery is formed with longitudinal grooves 18 and interveningribs. whereby to take up a sulliciency of the mucilage and incidentallyto present a roughened surface whereby the roller may be readily turnedby pressure of a finger on the paper or the like applied to the rolleror to effect turning contact by a brush A as in Fig. 4. At the ends theroller has flanges 19 of greater radius than the grooved body of thedrum to constitute guards. the material of the top extending toward thebody of the roller at opposite sides thereof between said flanges. Theroller is so mounted in the receptacle that it will extend above a top17 provided on the receptacle, the projecting portion extending throughan opening 16 in said top.

The roller is spring-pressed to cause the drum to bear against theopposite edges of the opening 16 and thereby close said opening toprevent entrance of air. In the preferred construction the drum ismounted to turn on an axle or shaft 20, the ends 21 of which are squaredto receive the pressure of the upper ends of springs 22 which are seatedat their lower ends on lateral. ledges 23 formed on depending brackets24L which advantageously are secured to the top 17 so that the removalof the top will remove also the roller to facilitate cleaning of thestructure. The cover has an internal depending flange to fit Within thereceptacle 10 leaving a projecting lateral edge 25 to rest on the top ofthe receptacle.

In order to depress the drum 14 so that it may turn freely and Withoutfriction at the opening 16, a key 26 is provided on a frame 27presenting longitudinal bars at the sides of the drum 14 and bearingagainst the ends 21 of the axle or shaft 20 and the .side bars beingunited by a cross bar 28 to which the key 26 is connected, said keyextending above the top 1.7. The bars 27 are pivoted in the presentexample at the ends opposite the cross bar 28 to hangers 30 rigid withthe removable top and lying against the partition 11. i

A cover 29 may be provided as in Fig. 1, the cover being readilyremovable When the receptacle is to be used.

I Wish to state in conclusion that although the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limitmyself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, sincemanifestly the same can be considerably varied Without departure fromthe spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent: 7

A device of the class described including a container, a removable topthereon presenting an opening, a roller mounted for turning movement andextending at its upper side through the said opening, a shaft on whichthe drum is mounted to turn, springs exerting pressure against the endsof the said shaft and tending to press the latter against opposite edgesof the opening, and members carried by said top on which the springs areseated so that the roller, its shaft, and springs will be removable Withthe removal of the said top; together With means to depress the rolleragainst the action of the springs and relieve the pressure of the rolleragainst the edges of the opening, said means including a framepresenting side bars adapted to bear against the ends of the shaft,members on the removable top, to Which members the said side arms arepivoted at one end, and a key connected With the said arms at theopposite ends thereof, the key extending above the removable top.

RHE SA FLAVIUS l/VILLIAMS.

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